Letters and Numbers

Okay, so we're really close to £400, wonder who's going to help us reach it?

In other news, we really like this flickr. It's not our work, though we really wish it was....

Enjoy:


Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Heard it through the grapevine

Here's what a few of you have said about the cards so far....

"These are a bit more interesting than your average mosque+crescent card"

"Ooh, the design with the mushrooms is so pretty"

"They're amazing!"

"Love the ants card"

"i'm really excited, hence the exclamation marks, cos i just receieved my cards in the post...i wanted to thank you guys, may Allaah reward you immensely, jazaakumAllaahu khayran... :-) really, it makes me so happy to see your work and your efforts... :-). also, some feedback would be useful: the cards are very cute, mashaa'Allaah, the purple mushroomy one is nicer when you see it for real than on the picture online, i really like the floral stem ones, so simple and cute, and the shell one is brilliant too!"

Surprises

How is everyone?

A day is really amazing, it's a complete rollercoaster of twists and turns. Somehow you're completely out of control, and yet at the same time you know everything is working for a purpose. Alhamdulilah, we had a nice surprise at dawn this morning - Sadaqards would like to say thanks to creativemuslims.com for featuring an article on us on their page.

"More than an eighth of Pakistan’s population has been affected by intense flooding. That’s more than the Haiti quake, the 2004 Asia tsunami, and the 2005 Pakistan quake combined.
What did three creative Londonians decide to do about it? They came up with Sadaqards, a project where they combined their creative talents to design handmade Eid cards to sell for Pakistan flood relief."

You can read the rest here: http://creativemuslims.com/2010/sadaqards-creativity-for-a-cause/ 

Go on, tell your friends to read it too... there's at least five funky buttons under this box...

Ce n'est pas vrai!

Of course it's not true! We're very close to reaching £250. We'd like to say thank you to everyone who's bought cards from us, from the few to the very many, we really appreciate it. As added incentive for those of you still deliberating - here's a photo of our entire range...

SADAQARDS

....voila

DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal hits £40m

So far, DEC member agencies and their partners have reached more than 800,000 people. The British public has given £40m to help the victims of the Pakistan floods, charities have said.     

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) said donations to its flood appeal have soared by more than 70% from the second week to the third. 

 The latest figures show the appeal raised £9.5m in week one, £11.2m in week two and £19.3m in week three. The DEC said it had never seen such a pattern of giving for any appeal in its 45-year history. 

Continue reading the main story

Assorted Photos of Cards

Here's some photos of our cards in print:

Printed on the back of each card:

Thank you WellyDogDesigns!

WellyDog has featured our very own shell card on her blog.

http://wellydog.blogspot.com/2010/08/seaside-chic-folksy-friday.html

Check out her folksy of contemporary hand-crafted jewellery here: WellyDogDesigns.

Paypal Alternative

A few people have gotten a bit confused with our Paypal system. So we have set up a JustGiving Page and might even start to use it instead of Paypal altogether.

Here's how it works:

 Email us (sadaqards@gmail.com) what cards you'd like and the address you'd like the cards sent to

When we reply, we'll give you an identification number in your invoice - to put in your message when donating

Donate straight to Islamic Relief via the Sadaqards Justgiving link

We'll post or (if possible) deliver cards in hand to you

Sadaqards - What's in a name?

Sadaqa (صدقة)‎ relates to any act of giving, out of compassion, love or generosity. 

One hadith says: 'Every day the sun rises, sadaqah is due on every joint of a person. Administering justice between two people is sadaqah; and assisting a man to mount his beast, or helping him load his luggage on it is sadaqah; and a good word is a sadaqah; and every step that you take for prayer is a sadaqah; and removing harmful things from the road is a sadaqah.'

Signed, sealed, delivered

Wrapped cards

 

Batik Collection

We told you there was more coming...

BARW

BACI

BABU

BAJI

CLICK HERE TO ORDER: £2 each for 1-3 cards, £1.50 each for 4+ cards

Links to cards

Cards can be viewed and ordered online by looking under COLLECTIONS - click on the links on the top right hand side of this screen. Right now 'Graphic Collection' and 'Floral Collection' are both up, more to come...

Folksy

Our folksy shop is in the makings at the moment. Please watch this space, if you send an email to sadaqards@gmail.com, we'll let you know when the cards will be on sale!

UPDATE: Shop is now online!

In the news: Southall raises funds for the Pakistan Flood Appeal

Southall rallies for Pakistan flood fundraiser

Aug 12 2010 By James Gates

MORE than £40,000 has been raised as the community in Southall pulls together to help victims of the recent flooding in Pakistan.

Residents, businesses and faith groups have dug deep to help the millions of people whose lives were devastated by the deluge, which has so far killed at least 1,600 people.

And one of the main events was a fundraiser held last week at the TKC Restaurant in Southall Broadway, attended by cricket player Azhar Mahmood and other members of the Pakistani Cricket Team.

The fundraising efforts are being co-ordinated by restaurant manager Dalawar Chaudhry, who has strong links with Pakistan and is a regular visitor to the country.

For the rest of the article, click here!

Graphic Collection

GKPG                         GKSH

GKMU                                                GKAN

GKPG2                                        GKSH2

GKMU2                                         GKAN2

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CLICK HERE TO ORDER: £2 each for 1-3 cards, £1.50 each for 4+ cards

Floral Collection

FLFL

FLCE

FLSI

FLCS